WTF @ TFW Episode 212 is now Online!

Thanks Deefuzz…now I'm looking at $200 worth of old stuff on Bricklink

Hi Guys! *waves*

You're right Omegus, I *do* have a very serious problem… its called: Where am I gonna put all these Jet Vehicons?! BAHAHAHA!

Just got back from FanExpo and I saw the Terror Con Bumblebee in person. It looks pretty cool, I gotta say. The box it comes in is like a voyager-style shrunken down to a deluxeish size…but the dealer wanted 75-80 for it…can't remember the exact price but it was in that range.

Hey Vangelus, I have a tip for you for Figma Samus: Go to Goodsmile's website and send them an email. You can get replacement parts for free. I had two Figmas that came broken recently, and after emailing them, then sending them photos, they sent me replacements for free. It's worth a shot. I'm sure they'll be able to help you, since one of mine was an older Figma, and one of them was a very limited exclusive, so I'm sure a much newer one would be easy to get replacements for.

EDIT: Here's the contact link: http://goodsmile-wf-global.ecq.sc/contacts

(Spoiler if you're reading this before listening to the podcast)

My answer to the listener question "what Hasbro board game would you make into a movie?" and I'm very surprised one of the podcasters with a Jeffery Combs' fetish didn't mention this! "Operation" with Jeffery Combs or Ratchet as the main character, it could be a TF/Operation crossover sci fi/horror flick, maybe Movie Ratchet with Jeffery Combs as the voice.

Plot: The Transformers war is over and the Autobots don't have much to do these days and they are getting restless having random incidents here and there. One night Ratchet is out for "a drive" and finds a random straggler Decepticon, not very big, kind of small and weak, just right for a beginning. Instead of calling for back up and following protocol to apprehend this rogue, Ratchet's thirst for blood from his war days is awoken. He quickly strikes his now chosen prey with surgical precision to disable him from fighting back, dragging him to a remote desolate area he knows to perform a "Surgical Procedure" maybe a dissection?

Soon this becomes a nightly thing for Ratchet that he shares with no one else until one night he's tailed in the distance by Bumblebee. What Bee sees when Ratchet makes his "move" horrifies him at first but then his curiosity gets the better of him as gets in closer to get a better look at what Ratchet is doing. He makes a wrong move that gives away that he is watching Ratchet, Ratchet quickly guts his victim for the evening as BB comes from the shadows he was watching from with his hands up in a surrendering posture. In Bumblespeak Bee asks what he is doing? Ratchet's reply (knowing he almost or has just got caught) is "just getting energon and spare parts" Ratchet knows he can't just off Bee like some Decepticon punk without raising any alarm bells. Ratchet asks Bee what he saw and Bee (being equally as bored as Ratchet was before his new hobby) says "everything, but I want in on it too" Ratchet is surprised by Bee's answer but is relieved that he won't be ratted out, at least right away anyway besides Ratchet could use an assistant for some of the bigger prizes he has his eye on. Ratchet quickly thinks things out and agrees to let Bee in on the action and at the same time he wants to ensure silence. He offers Bee a chance to get a voice back using parts from a recently deceased Decepticon as long as he keeps quiet. Bee agrees and and soon as he does so Ratchet slices Bee's neck finishing off the vocal processors that Megatron never could. (Ratchet thrilled) "Yessss! That's better! Now I don't have to listen to that loud beepy annoying radiospeak anymore, thank Cybertron! As soon as you prove your trust and loyalty, you'll get vocal processors you like from one of our patients! come on let's go back to headquarters" Bee stunned, in disbelief at this new and different Ratchet and by his own predicament and pain nods yes and transforms to head back to base.

Ratchet will now use his victim as the alibi for the loss of Bee's ability to speak when Optimus and the humans ask….

I could write on but in short eventually Prime and the Autobots find out and join in on the fun and when the Autobots get thin on Decepticons well humans will do, (in Ratchet's voice) "There's 7 billion of them who will miss a few? We just have to be a little more delicate with them." Imagine what could happen if say a human got stuck inside Ratchet while in vehicle mode strapped to a stretcher?

Add to the story and discuss away!

You're Welcome,
The 12th Prime

Thanks for looking at my custom Omega! Glad you like him so far (yes, he's still a WIP)

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As far as vehicle modes with integrated weapons, the best example I can think of is DOTM Megatron. For those who can't remember, his alt mode was a tanker truck and his MechTech gun actually became part of the fuel tank on the back. Most of the other I can think of are less a case of "let's take this weapon and find a neat way to integrate it into the alt mode" and more "let's put this piece of kibble in his hand and call it a weapon" (see also: every BW toy with a tail).

Yaaaaay FUZZMAN

An hour before I leave to go on a three day camping trip, this goes up. The three hour drive will be much better now.